Grammatically Correct - yeah, right

I've been contemplating starting a blog for months. A few months back I attempted to set one up on another website (not to be named) and found it cumbersome and frustrating. That set me back. But today I revisited the whole blog idea; after all I've got a few things I'd like to talk about.

Not that anyone would care. Not that anyone will even venture a look at it. But maybe, just maybe, I'll say something that could make a difference in someone's life or improve how a person interacts in the realm in which he or she lives or even bring about a conversation that drives a positive change in our society. Any of these would bring joy to me.

I have to admit, a blog reader I am not. I'm kind of old fashioned. On occasion I read the op-eds in the print edition of my local paper, however, only on weekends as my household just subscribes to the Saturday edition. When I do read them I get disgusted, roll my eyes and shake my head. Not with what people have to say, rather with how they say it. People who take the initiative to write are to be applauded (??). I simply wish they would voice their opinions in an intelligent manner.

Poor literacy in advertising, in the media and in publishing is rampant. It is appalling. When reading articles in the paper one would expect to see good grammar. Can you remember when companies would be embarrassed to publish pieces which had grammatical errors? I can. I'm not saying my blog will always, or even mostly, have acceptable grammar. No one is paying me to write and no one is publishing what I write in order to earn a profit. So, I'm off the hook on the grammar point. What I am saying is that we, as a society, have come to accept sloppy work and companies have lowered the standards of performance for their writers. It is disheartening to realize that we as consumers have allowed shoddy output to become the norm. The continued purchases of goods and services from these companies reflect our level of tolerance and only encourage them to produce more of it.

Think About It